ASIA - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - November 2016

The Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Monthly Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) was released today for the following countries: Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.

Australia

The Australia Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for November,2016 is up 1 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 0.1 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 2.3 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 1.4 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 0.5 percentage points over last month.

China

The China Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for November,2016 is down 3 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is down 2.1 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 1.3 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 5.2 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 4.3 percentage points over last month.

Japan

The Japan Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for November,2016 is down 1.6 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is down 0.2 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 0.5 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 2.6 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 2.7 percentage points over last month.

India

The India Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for November,2016 is up 1.3 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 3.2 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 3.1 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 0.8 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 0.6 percentage points over last month.

South Korea

The South Korea Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for November,2016 is down 3.2 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is down 0.6 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 4.8 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 2.7 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 3.3 percentage points over last month.

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